Mounting for spectacles.



L. F. ADT.

MOUNTING FOR SPEGTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29,1910.

1,054,0Y6, Patented Feb.25,1918.

W (life-anew? LEO F2. ADT, 9F ALBANY, NEW

MQ'UNTING- 390R EPECTAZlGL'ES.

Specification 01'. letters listens.

Application filed April 2e,

To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO F. AM, of Albany, in the county 0i Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mountings for Spectacles; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hacl to the accompanying drawings forming e port of this specifission, to the referencenumerals ahereon; resent invention relates to mountsoeclecles oiflhe type having the or supoor'r" which cooperate with the l "co remove the y from the bridging sh po-"tion of the nose of the wserer between the eyes will not besore, enrl on objects? the invent-ion is he provides, construction in which the rests or supposes will be connected so the mounting in such as manner wie bearing surfaces on bony of she nose will he provided, while provision is mode for the proper facing; of the reels to accommodate the mounting so lacial characteristics of cliiferent persons,

To these and cheer encls invention consists in cert in iznorovements and comhinations of semen as will he hereinafter more fully e scziioecl the novel features be ing pointer"! so in ll claims at the end of the specinceiios.

In the clrewings: of e mounfing constructed in the present improvements;

isnre l 's e IljlOIlhVlBW accordance Fig. 2 is new oz? Lll-Q some mounfing; Fig. 3 is a verliccl seceion through she mount 41 s a from view of snot-her em o'i-th invention, and Figs. 5 and resrectively, e lop and e cenirelly el section of the letter embodiment.

fer ing' more peri-iculerly to the drewln s 1 indicates the lenses and 2 the temples, the lenses bcino' conneciecl by amounting comprising in tnls instance a briclging por- Lion 3 and pliableportions permit'ling the adjustment of the lenses relatively to each Qcher and to he b idging portion 3. for purpose of obtaining gllfl'erene pupilsl'y KllS- lenses. The bridging: portion 3 is preferably inclined forwardly to the plane of the lenses at such an angle that it conforms to the nose of the wearer and losers throughout its length against the nose. It may be made of very thin round stock as its Contact will; the nose is so slight that it is possible to employ less material, thus rendering the cost of manufacture less and reducing the conspicuousness of the mounting. The pliable portions are preferably the form. of loops which in this instance open. forwardly, the inner arm of each loop merging into one of rho extremities of the briclging portion and the outer arm. being secured to one of the lens attaching devices 5. ll. is preferred. to make the pliable portions of fiat stock with the flat feces vertically orrongecl so chat while permifiine adjustment for pupils-my distances, substantial rigidity in a vertical direction is olu'ainecl.

lo. the embodiment of the invention, shown in Figs. 1 to 3., the mounfiug is provided. with nose resls each comprising a pad 6 located below or on the under side of the horizontal plane of the extremities of the bridging" portion '50 as to bear upon iche loony part of the nose. To permit ihe fecing of the pad the latter is connected with the mounting by a reduced portion which in this instance is in the form of a loop'Z, preferably connecting with the mounting on iheinner side of the pliable portion 4 in advance of the bend. of (he latler so the? ecljusiment of lhe lenses for pupilory distance Lay he eficctecl wilhom" effecting the relaive oosllions of the reels. In this inslance fiche vloop or reduced porlion extends up: worclly from the upper side of the mount- "ingz, thence renrwnrdly, thence clowm'nrclly connccting'with the peel 6 at the upper edge thereof, the downwardly extending political lying on the inner Jule of the loop From the foregoing it will be seen that the pad 6 provides a wide flat bearing surface for cooperation with fihe bony port of the nose, and, as this pod is connected to the mounting by an elongalecl FQClHC-fifl portion, if has resiliency and at the some time may be adjusted forwardly and reorwarclly,

faced no conform with the forward upper laps of the nose and mlgusi'ed VEIilCiIlljH w ll greater resiliency than. the lower portion and he elon Sled reduced. portion is also employed a engaging portiniin, being in the torn-'1 oi? a loop having one arm i, advance ot the other so that both arms may t-z'igage t" e nose. This loop is located on the i do ol the horizontal plane of the extremities of the bridging portion. and engages that portion of the nose between the b no, out course, adjustable to conform to sucn p tion, I

in the embodiment of the invention shown in l igs. 4:, 5 and ti, the bridging portion and the pliable portion l are formed siniilarly to those employed in Figs 1 to inclusive. The widened or pad portion 6 0t each nose restlics above the horizontal "plane of the extremities of the bridg mg portion, \illllfi? the looped or reduced portion i lies below said plane, and. has its rear arm connecting to the lower edge of the pad (3 and its forward arn'i connecting to the mounting in advance of the bond of the loop or pliable portion it course, in this construction, the upper portion oi? the rest has both the latter and the pad maybe adjusted ;o the shape or the nose of the to conform wearer.

in. both embodiments of the invention, the

' nose rests are preferably formed -from :tlat

stock and are soldered to or made in one piece with the stock forming the bridging portion and loop" 4. Bot-hconstructions are simple to lnanutorture and when once titted do not lose their adjustment. T here are no bcarin to get out of order and the cost of manu'lwict'uring is small. The shape of the supports is such that the nose is engaged without any imconifortableness and the Wt gilt of to mounting removed from. that 1r! ion of the nose between the eyes.

l claim 1. in a tion with the plane as my invention:

spectacle mounting, the combinaa rigid, saddle lnridge inclii ed to of the lenses, a'lens attaching device, and a pliable portion connecting the bridging portion with the lens attaching device, of a rest embodying a pad and a pliable loop having one arm supporting the pad and the other arm arranged in. front of the pad supporting arm and secured to the mounting on the inne side of the pliable portion the latter so as not to be adjusted when the pliable portion adjusted.

2. In a spectacle mounting, the combination With a rigid, saddle bridge inclined to the plane of the lenses, a lens attaching device, and a pliable portion connecting the bridging portion and the lens attaching device, of a. nose rest embodying a pad lying on. one side of the horizontal plane of the extremities of the bridging portion, and a pliable portion extending from said pad. to the opposite side of: the horizontal plane of the extremities of the hrid 'in' portion,

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thence forwardly and thence toward the mounting, being secured to the latter on the inner side of the pliable portion in order hat. the lens attaclnndevice may be adjusted independently of the nose rest.

3. in a spectacle mounting, the combination with a bridging portion, a lens attaching device, and a pliable ortion connecting the lens attaching device with the bridging portion, of a nose rest having a pad arranged below the horizontal plane of the extremities of the bridging portion and pliable portion extending upwardly from the upper edge of the pad, thence forwardly and thence downwardly connecting with the mounting on the inner side of the pliable portion.

4:. In a spectacle mounting, the combination with a rigid bridging portion conf0rming to and arranged to rest throughout its length upon the nose of a wearer, a lens attaching device, and a pliable loop connecting the lens attaching device to the bridging portion, of a nose rest; having a widened portion. arranged to bear on the nose below the extremities of the bridging portion, and a reduced pliable portion extending upwardly above the extremities of the bridging portion, looped and connected to the mounting at; a point on the inner 93 side of the pliable loop so that the ad ustment of the latter will not affect the adjustvrnent of the rest.

In a spectacle mounting, the combination with a rlgid bridging portion contormmg to and arranged to bear on the nose of wearer throughout its length, a lens attaching device, and a pliable loop connecting the lens attaching device With the bridging portion, of a nose rest having a pad arranged to one side of the horizontal plane of the extremities of the bridging portion and a pliable loop arranged on the opposite side of said plane and having one arm connected to the pad and the other arm pliable forwardly opening loop connecting the bridging portion With the lens attaching device, of a nose rest embodying a pliable portion extended from one side of the mounting in front of the bend of the loop and on the inner side of the bend, thence rearvvardly and thence torwardly, and a pad at the free end of the pliable portion.

'2". In a spectacle mounting, the combination with a rigid, saddle bridge inclined to Illti no I the plane of the lenses arranged to, bear on thence rearwzn'dly and thence downwardly the nose of the wearer throughout its length. nnd :1 pad carried by the free end of the n lens attaching device, and a pliable fordo\\'n\\'nr(ll extending portion. \vnrdly opening loop. of n nose rest embodyl LEO F. ADT. W itn-esses i Enwnnn MURPHY, 2d, l J. B. EGAN.

ing a pliable portion extended upwardly from the mounhng 1n front of the bend of the loop and on the Inner snle of the bend 

